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The Pennine Way on the Black Peak in Cheshire and Yorkshire

Black Hill, Peak District

Black Hill is a hill in the Peak District, on the border of Cheshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. It rises up to the north of the Heyden Moor in the westernmost part of Cheshire to climb to a summit at reaching 1,909 feet above sea level. The summit, on the county border, is Cheshire's highest point.

The hilltop is coated in thick peat, the blackness of which gives the hill its name, and it is thus very boggy after rain. The Peak District National Park Authority has paved the path to the top on the track of the Pennine Way, which had been much worn by countless walkers (Read more)